Both coach and guard earn Rupp Awards for oustanding season

11:48 PM,
Apr. 1, 2010

Written by

Brett Dawson
bdawson@courier-journal.com

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - John Calipari was presented Thursday with the Adolph Rupp Cup as National Coach of the Year, an award he claimed in large part because of the University of Kentucky basketball roster he was able to construct in short order.

He sounds ready to repeat that roster feat this offseason.

With three departing seniors and as many as five players possibly entering the NBA draft - including Rupp Trophy winner John Wall, who said Thursday he has yet to make a decision - Calipari is bracing for a mass exodus. ...